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If Dillingham didn’t pick up fouls so quickly he’d have averaged 20 points a game.Unbelievable. Two thoughts:
One, if anyone says you thought Reed would be even remotely this good, I'll call you a liar.
And two, I bet Dilly is disappointed. You can make an argument that it should've been him.
Very true. Fouls definitely limited his PT all season!
I think your concerns are valid….but we have to also be honest about the fact that he is the single worst defender we’ve had under Cal. As good as he is on offense, he is that poor on defense and that’s 50% of the game of basketball. But perhaps a different coach could have improved the defense and the proclivity to foul.
I agree he’s a bad defender, but on this team who isn’t? It’s just hard for me to believe that the entire roster is this bad at defense and can’t be fixed.
He’s projected in the top 5 of every mock draft, number one on some. Why the hell would he care about anything else.
I think on a different team Rob could have been hidden a bit more on defense protecting him from the fouling situation. Cal leaves his man on an island when it comes to defense and it has left Rob exposed, hence the fouling and limited minutes as a result.
Reed has 80 steals....nearly 25% of our entire team total.
I would assume any player with the skills that Dillingham has is loaded with self confidence. I’m sure he believes he could be a top five pick if he played for Morehead State. Why would or should he be content playing behind DJ?
That post was in regards to Dillingham not Sheppard….the reality is of our top 10 playing rotation only: Thiero and Ugo are average to sometimes above average defenders. The other eight are all varying degrees of below average to poor defenders.
I am sorry, but that’s just simply not true. There have been many more defenders that were much more poor than he was. for a point guard, his average of steals plus block shots plus defensive rebound is up there with anybody in the nation and that is defense as well. Not to mention numerous deflections.
Reed has good hands and good anticipation, but does either get blown by too much or doesn't push shooters out of their range and gives them too much cushion. He is a gamble though and does come up with some great steals and has blocked a handful of three point attempts. He avoids foul trouble too.
WTF. If you start then you stop fouling so much. Did you just say such a stupid thing!?
He can’t consistently handle the most basic of defensive switches….he gets confused very easily just freelances which destroys the entire defensive concept. And much like DJ and Reed he can’t stay in front of any opposing guard which is why he grabs and holds and gets fouls called on him frequently. But of those 3 he gets blown buy the most. I will say these last 10 games he finally has started boxing out on rebounds which has made a big difference. It’s not personal, I think he is “a bucket” the best ISO scorer in the country, and I also think his passing vision is underrated because our bigs have such a hard time catching hard passes and fumble them away.
Very true.
A lot of his fouls are frustration fouls, especially just after he has turned it over, or after thought he was fouled on the other end of the court.
I said his foul trouble might’ve been fixed in a different system and in a starters role. That’s WTF!!
I thought he’d be All-American as a sophomore. Don’t think we’ll get to find out.Unbelievable. Two thoughts:
One, if anyone says you thought Reed would be even remotely this good, I'll call you a liar.
And two, I bet Dilly is disappointed. You can make an argument that it should've been him.
I agree and I think that a lot of his frustration and over aggressive play on both sides of the ball is due to trying to show out coming off the bench. If he had settled into a starters role I don’t think it’s a stretch to see him calm down on both sides of the ball instead of trying to prove himself worthy every chance he gets.
Hahaha I love how folks count us kentuckians out. I'll laugh when we knock it out of the park. Go reed!!!
This isn’t about Cal. It’s about an outstanding young man earning a prestigious award.
Yeah, I dunno. When Rob is in the game 30.8% of our offensive possessions run through him. That's a lot. It is by far the highest usage on the team. It's higher than Reeves and nearly double Reed. Rob gets almost as much usage as Dalton Knech (32.1) and Zach Edey (32.8) and they are clearly the star of their respective teams.
